A spin-out company from Oxford University named Oxsed Limited, has developed a test for COVID-19 that costs £20 per test. The team from the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science and Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research have developed a quick test which detects the presence of virus. The […]
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Moorfields adopts AI and video consultations tech
Moorfields Eye Hospital has turned to AI to support and detect eye problems, and is providing video consultations to operate a virtual A&E department. Using AI to detect eye disease The hospital is part of a study to explore using artificial intelligence technology to detect eye disease among patients with […]
Graphnet chosen for Northamptonshire integrated care record
Graphnet Health has been chosen as the county-wide integrated care record to be used across Northamptonshire, supporting 700,000 people. It means 69 GP practices, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS FT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS FT, Northamptonshire County Council Social Care, 111 and GP out-of-hours service providers, and East […]
Yorkshire Ambulance Service connects with Leeds Teaching for record transfer
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Yorkshire Ambulance Service are now connected through the electronic transfer of ambulance care records directly into the hospital system. As part of the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record, Leeds Teaching Hospitals are now able to receive Transfer of Care documentation created by the ambulance service […]
HTN Voice: Data and AI must play a frontline role in tackling the ongoing COVID-19 problem
By Orlando Agrippa, CEO of Draper & Dash Predictive Healthcare Analytics There is a dawning realisation across the UK that the COVID-19 pandemic is not just going to be a one-off event. Unlike Asia and the Middle East, an outbreak of this scale is not something we have seen so close […]
NHS to launch online COVID-19 rehab service
A new online COVID-19 rehab service is to launch for people who are suffering long-term effects of coronavirus. The platform will provide on-demand access to nurses and physiotherapists, either online or via telephone. The ‘Your COVID Recovery’ is aimed at those who have survived the virus but still have problems […]
Video: Beth Lawton, CDIO, Sussex Partnership: Keeping Digital Human
On day four of HTN Digital Week we welcomed Beth Lawton, Chief Digital and Information Officer for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Beth opened the sessions telling us how they have responded to Covid-19 through digitising, virtualising and mobilising. Beth explained how they increased VPN users from 125 to 4,000 + as […]
COVID-19 vaccine tech could be used for future pandemics
Professor Robin Shattock, from the Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, is leading the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine, alongside staff from the Trust. The vaccine is being tested in human trials to establish whether it can be well tolerated and produce an effective immune response against COVID-19. […]
Seven health tech SMEs join DigitalHealth.London Launchpad
DigitalHealth.London has revealed seven health tech SMEs joining its three-month programme, known as the DigitalHealth.London Launchpad. The programme will initially support companies launch new products or processes into the NHS. It provides companies with access to knowledge sharing events to help understand demand and how to bring the product or process […]
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services launches Patient Portal
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in Ireland, has launched a service user portal, an online platform that enables service users to access their own health-related information. Using technology from Patients Know Best the portal will provide service users online access to record, share and view their own health information. Service users […]
